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ale-bushes

ale-bushes is the plural of ale-bush.

Meaning of ale-bush

Noun

ale-bush (plural ale-bushes)

  1. (archaic) a tavern sign.
    • for I might haue had a pumpe set vp with as good Marche beere as this was, and nere set vp an ale-bush for the matter.1599, Henry Porter, “The Two Angry Women of Abingdon”, in Kind-heart's Dream: Containing Five Apparitions with Their Invectives, published 1841, page 102

Questions about ale-bushes

What is ale-bushes the plural of?
Ale-bushes is the plural of ale-bush.

Words near ale-bushes in the dictionary

  1. ale stakes
  2. ale-bench
  3. ale-benches
  4. ale-blown
  5. ale-bush
  6. ale-bushes
  7. ale-conner
  8. ale-conners
  9. ale-connor
  10. ale-connors
  11. ale-cost

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